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Yes, as we can see with New Vegas, it helps to have bug fixes and little tune ups. But many mods for Skyrim tear out the magic system entirely, or like replace all the game's content I guess. Core game Skyrim is nongood in a way that Oblivion even, isn't.
I find it weird that Skyrim is thought to have "competitors", like no other games really do the sandbox western RPG thing. Bethesda games are still basically unique.
FWIW I do mostly agree with you re: Skyrim, was just pointing out that a dedicated modding community does make a game better. It doesn't necessarily make it good!
Re: competitors, it's mostly other Bethesda games (which I agree have been going downhill since at least Oblivion though I haven't really dug my teeth into Morrowind), but I'd also throw in stuff like Kingdoms of Amalur, Two Worlds (which IIRC pitched itself as a competitor to Oblivion), or some of the Gothic games.
I'm shocked and impressed that you have an original Xbox in 2024 tbh. How's it look at higher resolution? Or are you using a CRT?
Yea true, and I mean if good viddy game content is made in skyrim like Enderal then rad, ig.
Kingdoms of Amalur
I think Two Worlds is closer to like Gothic or something, but yeah I guess they're in the same category ish. Quality of Bethesda games is a linear trip downward.
Hell yeah I put UnleashedX on that thing
I have the Advanced AV pack and it looks pretty bad on an HDTV, better on a CRT but spending the money for the component HDAV pack or an HDMI device would be good. Also looks decent on a CRT.
People have this tendency to think Morrowind is a mechanically bad game in need of fixing, but I happen to greatly respect Morrowind as it is. Some of the changes they make in OpenMW I don't even like. Morrowind is bugged up the ass in ways and could do with patching in some respects, but mostly